Nothing held back Detroit from building expensive cars - GT40s... Give me a Ferrari any day of the week (and most people agreed, you can buy new GT40s that have been sitting on lots for 2 to 3 years) - Cadillac and Lincoln haven't been world class for decades (although, I was in a new CTS V the other day - we are getting closer again).
Nothing stopped the U.S. from building ultra-expensive cars- except the market. A Ferrari is a quarter million dollars, who's going to buy a quarter million dollar Ford? The badge doesn't have the prestige to warrant that kind of price, regardless the brilliance of the design.
By the way, where have you seen or heard of unsold GT-40s sitting on the lot? That's the first I've ever heard of it, and frankly, I don't believe it. If you could buy unsold models from the dealer, why would I keep finding "used" examples for $150k.
And we aren't in trouble with illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico, as well as the Middle East and Africa draining our systems?
Oh, another one of your "so do you" arguments.
I would agree that we do have a problem with the Southern border, but we don't have near the problems that Europe is experiencing. Nor have we had the same kind of overly generous welfare system. And we also don't have such radical negative population growth birth rate.
It seems like the immigrants into Europe are usually absorbed fairly quickly - without all the 'hassles' involved here with immigration policies. I could be wrong about that - Norway really doesn't have all that many immigrants - too cold
You're wrong on all counts here.
100% wrong. Immigrants are not assimilated in Europe as they are here.
Norway DOES have a Muslim problem, the population is growing extremely quickly and they predominantly live in just two different cities.
You also have the problems of the Muslim immigrants coming into the country, living on welfare, using the socialized medicine, and going to college and earning advanced degrees in science and medicine. After they complete their internships and earn some credentials, all at the expense of the tax payer, they post their resume on the internet and then get a job practicing medicine in a free country, like the U.S., where they can earn a lot more money. Leave the European's left holding the bag financing them for all these years and suffering from a talent shortage in the field.
will agree that Norway is a bit different. And the muslim population really isn't growing all that fast in Norway - it is really cold there.
Again, incorrect, it's gone up 10% in the last few years.
But, the people in Norway are a lot like all the people I have met in Europe. They are excited about the changes that a unified Europe represents. I don't think they are as afraid of change as maybe we are.
Again, you're totally wrong.
You clearly aren't even casually following the news from Europe. Not Norway, but the rest of the continent. Your perception is radically skewed and simply wrong.